Thank you, Chair.
I understand that you're ruling from a procedural basis, Mr. Chair. So let me tell you that I will be making a motion after a few brief comments.
It again appears absurd to me that this committee's first order of business was to have a discussion on allegations of interference on access to information requests. The minister responsible for the staff member who was requested to appear was here and prepared to speak to and answer questions on this very issue, but that offer by the minister has been rejected by members of the opposition. Based on a procedural ruling, Chair, you have stated—and probably quite correctly, procedurally speaking—that the minister is not allowed now, or given the right, to speak because the committee has voted to move on to item 2. Therefore, Mr. Chair, in order to be procedurally correct and to at least give the appearance of fairness in this committee, rather than it being the kangaroo court it appears to have become, I move that this committee revert to the previous order of business—